# List of All England women's singles champions

The All England Open Badminton Championships is an annual British badminton tournament created in 1899. For four decades beginning 1954, the Championships was held at the Wembley Arena, London but since 1994, it has been played at the Arena Birmingham in the city of Birmingham, United Kingdom. The Ladies' Singles was first contested in 1900. Below is the list of the winners at the All England Open Badminton Championships in ladies' singles. The tournament was cancelled between 1915–1919 because of World War I, and between 1940–1946 because of World War II.

## History

In the Amateur era, Judy Devlin (1954, 1957–1958, 1960–1964, 1966–1967) holds the record for the most titles in the Ladies' Singles, winning All England ten times. Devlin also holds the record for most consecutive titles with five from 1960 to 1964.
Since the Open era of badminton began in late 1979 with the inclusion of professional badminton players from around the world in 1980, Susi Susanti (1990–1991, 1993–1994) holds the record for the most Ladies' Singles titles with four. Ye Zhaoying (1997–1999) and Xie Xingfang (2005–2007) share the record for most consecutive victories with three.
This event was won without losing a single game in the entire tournament during the Open Era as many as ten times. The first to accomplish this was Lene Køppen who won the very first Open Era edition in 1980, followed by Zhang Ailing in 1982, consecutively from 1984 to 1986 by Li Lingwei, Han Aiping and Kim Yun-ja respectively, Gu Jiaming in 1988, Zhou Mi in 2003, Xie Xingfang in 2005 and 2007 and Wang Shixian in 2014.
Lene Køppen is the only player in history to reach the All England Open Badminton Ladies' Singles Final in both the Amateur and Open Era. She managed to do so a total of four times, winning in the last and first editions of the Amateur and Open Era respectively and also losing once each in both Era.

## Finalists
### Amateur era

| Year | Country | Champions | Country | Runners–up | Score |
| 1900 | ENG | Ethel Thomson | ENG | E. Moseley | 17–15, 15–11 |
| 1901 | ENG | Ethel Thomson | ENG | Mina Schrieber | 15–12, 15–7 |
| 1902 | ENG | Meriel Lucas | ENG | Ethel Thomson | 15–11, 16–18, 15–2 |
| 1903 | ENG | Ethel Thomson | ENG | Dorothea Douglass | 18–15, 15–9 |
| 1904 | ENG | Ethel Thomson | ENG | Dorothea Douglass | 15–2, 15–8 |
| 1905 | ENG | Meriel Lucas | ENG | Mabel Hardy | 9–15, 15–6, 15–9 |
| 1906 | ENG | Ethel Thomson | ENG | M. E. Brown | Walkover |
| 1907 | ENG | Meriel Lucas | ENG | Dorothea Douglass | 15–5, 8–15, 15–13 |
| 1908 | ENG | Meriel Lucas | ENG | G. L. Murray | 11–2, 11–3 |
| 1909 | ENG | Meriel Lucas | ENG | Lavinia Radeglia | 11–3, 11–5 |
| 1910 | ENG | Meriel Lucas | ENG | Margaret Larminie | 11–5, 3–11, 11–5 |
| 1911 | ENG | Margaret Larminie | ENG | Alice Gowenlock | 11–9, 4–11, 11–4 |
| 1912 | ENG | Margaret Tragett | ENG | Ethel Larcombe | 11–14, 11–2, 14–13 |
| 1913 | ENG | Lavinia Radeglia | ENG | Margaret Tragett | 11–5, 11–8 |
| 1914 | ENG | Lavinia Radeglia | ENG | Bottomley | 11–3, 11–5 |
| 1915–1919 | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition |
| 1920 | ENG | Kitty McKane | ENG | Margaret Tragett | 11–6, 11–5 |
| 1921 | ENG | Kitty McKane | ENG | Margaret Tragett | 11–5, 11–6 |
| 1922 | ENG | Kitty McKane | ENG | Margaret Tragett | 11–7, 11–7 |
| 1923 | ENG | Lavinia Radeglia | ENG | Marian Horsley | 11–8, 11–6 |
| 1924 | ENG | Kitty McKane | ENG | Margaret Tragett | 11–4, 11–2 |
| 1925 | ENG | Margaret Stocks | ENG | Marjorie Barrett | 11–2, 11–7 |
| 1926 | ENG | Marjorie Barrett | ENG | Margaret Tragett | 11–7, 11–3 |
| 1927 | ENG | Marjorie Barrett | ENG | Margaret Tragett | 11–8, 11–3 |
| 1928 | ENG | Margaret Tragett | ENG | Nora Coop | 11–3, 5–11, 11–5 |
| 1929 | ENG | Marjorie Barrett | ENG | F. Waterhouse | 11–8, 14–13 |
| 1930 | ENG | Marjorie Barrett | ENG | Betty Uber | 11–2, 5–11, 11–9 |
| 1931 | ENG | Marjorie Barrett | ENG | Leoni Kingsbury | 11–8, 4–11, 14–9 |
| 1932 | ENG | Leoni Kingsbury | ENG | Alice Woodroffe | 11–4, 5–11, 11–2 |
| 1933 | ENG | Alice Woodroffe | ENG | Leoni Kingsbury | |
| 1934 | ENG | Leoni Kingsbury | ENG | Thelma Kingsbury | 11–4, 11–6 |
| 1935 | ENG | Betty Uber | ENG | Alice Teague | 11–1 11–6 |
| 1936 | ENG | Thelma Kingsbury | ENG | Betty Uber | 5–11, 11–3, 11–2 |
| 1937 | ENG | Thelma Kingsbury | ENG | Diana Doveton | 11–0, 11–0 |
| 1938 | ENG | Daphne Young | ENG | Betty Uber | 10–12, 12–11, 11–3 |
| 1939 | CAN | Dorothy Walton | ENG | Diana Doveton | 11–4, 11–5 |
| 1940–1946 | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition |
| 1947 | DEN | Marie Ussing | DEN | Kirsten Thorndahl | 11–6, 6–11, 12–10 |
| 1948 | DEN | Kirsten Thorndahl | DEN | Tonny Ahm | 15–3, 15–13 |
| 1949 | DEN | Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen | DEN | Aase Svendsen | 8–11, 11–8, 11–4 |
| 1950 | DEN | Tonny Ahm | DEN | Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen | 11–4, 11–6 |
| 1951 | DEN | Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen | DEN | Tonny Ahm | 11–6, 11–2 |
| 1952 | DEN | Tonny Ahm | DEN | Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen | 11–4, 11–2 |
| 1953 | DEN | Marie Ussing | DEN | Agnete Friis | 11–2, 7–11, 11–2 |
| 1954 | USA | Judy Devlin | ENG | Iris Cooley | 11–7, 11–5 |
| 1955 | USA | Margaret Varner | USA | Judy Devlin | 9–12, 11–5, 11–1 |
| 1956 | USA | Margaret Varner | USA | Judy Devlin | 11–8, 12–5 |
| 1957 | USA | Judy Devlin | USA | Margaret Varner | 11–2, 11–7 |
| 1958 | USA | Judy Devlin | USA | Margaret Varner | 11–7, 12–10 |
| 1959 | ENG | Heather Ward | USA | Judy Devlin | 11–7, 3–11, 11–4 |
| 1960 | USA | Judy Devlin | USA | Margaret Varner | 11–1, 11–9 |
| 1961 | USA | Judy Hashman | ENG | Ursula Smith | 11–2, 11–6 |
| 1962 | USA | Judy Hashman | ENG | Ursula Smith | 11–4, 11–0 |
| 1963 | USA | Judy Hashman | ENG | Angela Bairstow | 11–5, 11–9 |
| 1964 | USA | Judy Hashman | ENG | Ursula Smith | 11–0, 11–3 |
| 1965 | ENG | Ursula Smith | DEN | Ulla Strand | 11–7, 11–7 |
| 1966 | USA | Judy Hashman | NED | Imre Rietveld | 11–6, 11–7 |
| 1967 | USA | Judy Hashman | JPN | Noriko Takagi | 5–11, 11–8, 12–10 |
| 1968 | SWE | Eva Twedberg | INA | Minarni | 11–6, 11–2 |
| 1969 | JPN | Hiroe Yuki | JPN | Noriko Takagi | 11–5, 11–5 |
| 1970 | JPN | Etsuko Takenaka | ENG | Heather Nielsen | 11–3, 11–4 |
| 1971 | SWE | Eva Twedberg | DEN | Anni Berglund | 11–3, 6–11, 11–2 |
| 1972 | JPN | Noriko Nakayama | JPN | Hiroe Yuki | 11–5, 3–11, 11–7 |
| 1973 | ENG | Margaret Beck | ENG | Gillian Gilks | 11–8, 11–0 |
| 1974 | JPN | Hiroe Yuki | ENG | Gillian Gilks | 11–5, 11–9 |
| 1975 | JPN | Hiroe Yuki | ENG | Gillian Gilks | 11–5, 11–9 |
| 1976 | ENG | Gillian Gilks | ENG | Margaret Lockwood | 11–0, 11–3 |
| 1977 | JPN | Hiroe Yuki | DEN | Lene Køppen | 7–11, 11–3, 11–7 |
| 1978 | ENG | Gillian Gilks | JPN | Saori Kondo | 11–1, 11–9 |
| 1979 | DEN | Lene Køppen | JPN | Saori Kondo | 13–9, 1–11, 11–8 |

### Open era

| Year | Country | Champions | Country | Runners–up | Score |
| 1980 | DEN | Lene Køppen | INA | Verawaty Fajrin | 11–2, 11–6 |
| 1981 | KOR | Sun-ae Hwang | DEN | Lene Køppen | 11–1, 11–2 |
| 1982 | CHN | Ailing Zhang | CHN | Lingwei Li | 11–4, 11–6 |
| 1983 | CHN | Ailing Zhang | CHN | Jianqiu Wu | 11–5, 10–12, 12–9 |
| 1984 | CHN | Lingwei Li | CHN | Aiping Han | 11–5, 11–8 |
| 1985 | CHN | Aiping Han | CHN | Lingwei Li | 11–7, 12–10 |
| 1986 | KOR | Yun-ja Kim | CHN | Ping Qian | 11–6, 12–11 |
| 1987 | DEN | Kirsten Larsen | CHN | Ping Qian | 9–7 (retired) |
| 1988 | CHN | Jiaming Gu | KOR | Young-suk Lee | 11–2, 11–2 |
| 1989 | CHN | Lingwei Li | INA | Susi Susanti | 11–8, 11–4 |
| 1990 | INA | Susi Susanti | CHN | Hua Huang | 12–11, 11–1 |
| 1991 | INA | Susi Susanti | INA | Sarwendah Kusumawardhani | 0–11, 11–2, 11–6 |
| 1992 | CHN | Jiuhong Tang | KOR | Soo-hyun Bang | 9–12, 12–10, 11–1 |
| 1993 | INA | Susi Susanti | KOR | Soo-hyun Bang | 4–11, 11–4, 11–1 |
| 1994 | INA | Susi Susanti | CHN | Zhaoying Ye | 11–5, 11–9 |
| 1995 | SWE | Xiaoqing Lim | DEN | Camilla Martin | 11–9, 10–12, 11–3 |
| 1996 | KOR | Soo-hyun Bang | CHN | Zhaoying Ye | 11–1, 11–1 |
| 1997 | CHN | Zhaoying Ye | CHN | Zhichao Gong | 11–3, 11–1 |
| 1998 | CHN | Zhaoying Ye | CHN | Ning Zhang | 11–5, 11–8 |
| 1999 | CHN | Zhaoying Ye | CHN | Yun Dai | 9–11, 11–5, 11–1 |
| 2000 | CHN | Zhichao Gong | CHN | Yun Dai | 11–5, 8–11, 11–5 |
| 2001 | CHN | Zhichao Gong | CHN | Mi Zhou | 11–7, 11–3 |
| 2002 | DEN | Camilla Martin | CHN | Ruina Gong | 7–5, 8–6, 7–3 |
| 2003 | CHN | Mi Zhou | CHN | Xingfang Xie | 11–6, 11–5 |
| 2004 | CHN | Ruina Gong | CHN | Mi Zhou | 11–7, 11–7 |
| 2005 | CHN | Xingfang Xie | CHN | Ning Zhang | 11–3, 11–9 |
| 2006 | CHN | Xingfang Xie | CHN | Ning Zhang | 11–3, 9–11, 11–3 |
| 2007 | CHN | Xingfang Xie | FRA | Hongyan Pi | 21–6, 21–13 |
| 2008 | DEN | Tine Rasmussen | CHN | Lan Lu | 21–11, 18–21, 22–20 |
| 2009 | CHN | Yihan Wang | DEN | Tine Rasmussen | 21–19, 21–23, 21–11 |
| 2010 | DEN | Tine Rasmussen | CHN | Yihan Wang | 21–14, 18–21, 21–19 |
| 2011 | CHN | Shixian Wang | JPN | Eriko Hirose | 24–22, 21–18 |
| 2012 | CHN | Xuerui Li | CHN | Yihan Wang | 21–13, 21–19 |
| 2013 | DEN | Tine Baun | THA | Ratchanok Intanon | 21–14, 16–21, 21–10 |
| 2014 | CHN | Shixian Wang | CHN | Xuerui Li | 21–19, 21–18 |
| 2015 | ESP | Carolina Marín | IND | Saina Nehwal | 16–21, 21–14, 21–7 |
| 2016 | JPN | Nozomi Okuhara | CHN | Shixian Wang | 21–11, 16–21, 21–19 |
| 2017 | TPE | Tzu-ying Tai | THA | Ratchanok Intanon | 21–16, 22–20 |
| 2018 | TPE | Tzu-ying Tai | JPN | Akane Yamaguchi | 22–20, 21–13 |
| 2019 | CHN | Yufei Chen | TPE | Tzu-ying Tai | 21–17, 21–17 |
| 2020 | TPE | Tzu-ying Tai | CHN | Yufei Chen | 21–19, 21–15 |
| 2021 | JPN | Nozomi Okuhara | THA | Pornpawee Chochuwong | 21–12, 21–16 |
| 2022 | JPN | Akane Yamaguchi | KOR | Se-young An | 21–15, 21–15 |
| 2023 | KOR | Se-young An | CHN | Yufei Chen | 21–17, 10–21, 21–19 |
| 2024 | ESP | Carolina Marín | JPN | Akane Yamaguchi | 26–24, 11–1 (retired) |
| 2025 | KOR | Se-young An | CHN | Zhiyi Wang | 13–21, 21–18, 21–18 |

## Statistics
### Multiple titles

Bold indicates active players.
| Rank | Country | Player | Amateur era | Open era | All-time | Years |
| 1 | USA | Judy Devlin | 10 | 0 | 10 | 1954, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967 |
| 2 | ENG | Meriel Lucas | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1902, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910 |
| 3 | ENG | Ethel Warneford Thomson | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1900, 1901, 1903, 1904, 1906 |
| 3 | ENG | Marjorie Barrett | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931 |
| 5 | ENG | Kitty McKane | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1920, 1921, 1922, 1924 |
| 5 | JPN | Hiroe Yuki | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1969, 1974, 1975, 1977 |
| 5 | INA | Susi Susanti | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994 |
| 8 | ENG | Margaret Larminie | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1911, 1912, 1928 |
| 8 | ENG | Lavinia Clara Radeglia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1913, 1914, 1923 |
| 8 | CHN | Zhaoying Ye | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1997, 1998, 1999 |
| 8 | CHN | Xingfang Xie | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2005, 2006, 2007 |
| 8 | DEN | Tine Rasmussen | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2008, 2010, 2013 |
| 8 | TPE | Tzu-ying Tai | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2017, 2018, 2020 |
| 14 | ENG | Leoni Kingsbury | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1932, 1934 |
| 14 | ENG | Thelma Kingsbury | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1936, 1937 |
| 14 | DEN | Marie Ussing | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1947, 1953 |
| 14 | DEN | Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1949, 1951 |
| 14 | DEN | Tonny Ahm | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1950, 1952 |
| 14 | USA | Margaret Varner | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1955, 1956 |
| 14 | SWE | Eva Twedberg | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1968, 1971 |
| 14 | ENG | Gillian Gilks | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1976, 1978 |
| 14 | DEN | Lene Køppen | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1979, 1980 |
| 14 | CHN | Ailing Zhang | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1982, 1983 |
| 14 | CHN | Lingwei Li | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1984, 1989 |
| 14 | CHN | Zhichao Gong | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2000, 2001 |
| 14 | CHN | Shixian Wang | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2011, 2014 |
| 14 | JPN | Nozomi Okuhara | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2016, 2021 |
| 14 | ESP | Carolina Marín | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2015, 2024 |
| 14 | KOR | Se-young An | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2023, 2025 |

### Champions by country

| Rank | Country | Amateur era | Open era | All-time | First title | Last title | First champion | Last champion |
| 1 | England (ENG) | 39 | 0 | 39 | 1900 | 1978 | Ethel Warneford Thomson | Gillian Gilks |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 0 | 22 | 22 | 1982 | 2019 | Ailing Zhang | Yufei Chen |
| 3 | Denmark (DEN) | 8 | 6 | 14 | 1947 | 2013 | Marie Ussing | Tine Rasmussen |
| 4 | United States (USA) | 12 | 0 | 12 | 1954 | 1967 | Judy Devlin | Judy Devlin |
| 5 | Japan (JPN) | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1969 | 2022 | Hiroe Yuki | Akane Yamaguchi |
| 6 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1981 | 2025 | Sun-ae Hwang | Se-young An |
| 7 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1990 | 1994 | Susi Susanti | Susi Susanti |
| 8 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2017 | 2020 | Tzu-ying Tai | Tzu-ying Tai |
| 8 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1968 | 1995 | Eva Twedberg | Xiaoqing Lim |
| 10 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2015 | 2024 | Carolina Marín | Carolina Marín |
| 11 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1939 | 1939 | Dorothy Walton | Dorothy Walton |

### Multiple finalists

Bold indicates active players. Italic indicates players who never won the championship.
| Rank | Country | Player | Amateur era | Open era | All-time |
| 1 | USA | Judy Devlin | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | ENG | Margaret Larminie | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | ENG | Ethel Warneford Thomson | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | ENG | Meriel Lucas | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | ENG | Marjorie Barrett | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | JPN | Hiroe Yuki | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | ENG | Gillian Gilks | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | INA | Susi Susanti | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | CHN | Zhaoying Ye | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 10 | ENG | Lavinia Clara Radeglia | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | ENG | Kitty McKane | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | ENG | Leoni Kingsbury | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | ENG | Betty Uber | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | DEN | Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | DEN | Tonny Ahm | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | ENG | Ursula Smith | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | DEN | Lene Køppen | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | CHN | Lingwei Li | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 10 | CHN | Xingfang Xie | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 10 | TPE | Tzu-ying Tai | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 10 | DEN | Tine Rasmussen | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 22 | ENG | Dorothea Katharina Douglass | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | ENG | Alice Woodroffe | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | ENG | Thelma Kingsbury | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | JPN | Noriko Nakayama | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | KOR | Soo-hyun Bang | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 22 | CHN | Zhichao Gong | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 22 | CHN | Ning Zhang | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 22 | CHN | Mi Zhou | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 22 | CHN | Yihan Wang | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 22 | CHN | Shixian Wang | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 22 | CHN | Yufei Chen | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 22 | JPN | Akane Yamaguchi | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 22 | KOR | Se-young An | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 35 | ENG | Diana Doveton | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 35 | DEN | Marie Ussing | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 35 | DEN | Kirsten Thorndahl | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 35 | SWE | Eva Twedberg | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 35 | ENG | Margaret Beck | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 35 | JPN | Saori Kondo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 35 | CHN | Ailing Zhang | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 35 | CHN | Aiping Han | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 35 | CHN | Ping Qian | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 35 | DEN | Camilla Martin | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 35 | CHN | Yun Dai | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 35 | CHN | Ruina Gong | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 35 | CHN | Xuerui Li | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 35 | THA | Ratchanok Intanon | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 35 | JPN | Nozomi Okuhara | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 35 | ESP | Carolina Marín | 0 | 2 | 2 |